Any Purists
Road Warrior
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... my other bike is a KLR650. Those are solid bikes. Once you replace the weak points that is. There are several factory parts that need to be replaced before it is a solid bike. Not the case with the sportster but it gives you an idea that most bikes have a weak point that could use improving.
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From: sugar land, gulf coast, tx
KLR's factory doo-hickey is/can be a bomb just waiting to go off, too.
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From: Pennsyleffinvania
My 2017 Iron is sock except for the replacement of the a/c with a stage one selection from DK.
I feel that the bike runs and rides very, very well. 90+% of my riding is two lane country/hills with speed limits of 35 to 55. Very little traffic and rural road surfaces. With 50 yrs of riding and owning about 30 bikes of British, German, Japanese, and US manufacture, over the years, I'm very pleased with the Iron. It is a solid bike, enhanced by rubber mounting and EFI.
I feel that the bike runs and rides very, very well. 90+% of my riding is two lane country/hills with speed limits of 35 to 55. Very little traffic and rural road surfaces. With 50 yrs of riding and owning about 30 bikes of British, German, Japanese, and US manufacture, over the years, I'm very pleased with the Iron. It is a solid bike, enhanced by rubber mounting and EFI.
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From: USA
To a point I am a purist with my 1200N.
Yet I really like the OEM baloney cut pipes and the tone....
I like the ham can filter....
But I would consider Xieds or a tune to equalize the air/ fuel ratio and a DK oil blowby breather/ catch can. 1/4 turn throttle might be considered also.
Yet, some appearance stuff I have added, so again purist to a point.
Now if we had a stock 1977 Yamaha RD400 would I be a purist?
That's the next question to ponder.
Yet I really like the OEM baloney cut pipes and the tone....
I like the ham can filter....
But I would consider Xieds or a tune to equalize the air/ fuel ratio and a DK oil blowby breather/ catch can. 1/4 turn throttle might be considered also.
Yet, some appearance stuff I have added, so again purist to a point.
Now if we had a stock 1977 Yamaha RD400 would I be a purist?
That's the next question to ponder.
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From: sugar land, gulf coast, tx
I would be for that one. Know where we can find a few????
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From: On the Big Blue marble
Its funny, the closest I ever came to bone stock was swapping out the grips and mirrors. I absolutely hate HD stock grips and I just dont like the stock mirrors.. My xl1200c that was all I did..
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